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Minor earthquake, 3.65 mag was detected near Punta Cana in Dominican Republic

Posted by admin on February 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.9606S, -67.7735WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.65 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Punta Cana in Dominican Republic. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 70 km (43 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7735 West, latitude 18.9606 North, depth = 70 km. The temblor was reported at 16:49:07 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 16:49:07 / February 23, 2025 @ 4:49 pm. Id of earthquake: pr2025054000. Event ids that are associated: us7000pfmf, pr2025054000.

Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Cana. Close country/countries that might be effected, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.65 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7735° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.9606° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 70 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78 km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-23 16:49:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-23 17:35:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 205 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pr The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,pr, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7544 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 231 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pr2025054000 Id of event.
Event Code 2025054000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pfmf,pr2025054000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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